Public air bushfire recommendation fears

Ballarat residents voiced their concerns about some of the recommendations from the Bushfires Royal Commission at a community consultation session last night.

The session was organised by the Victorian Government, which is seeking feedback from high bushfire risk areas before it formally responds to the recommendations.

Bill Labert lives at Bullarook, east of Ballarat, and says Black Saturday proved that people living near forested areas need to take greater

responsibility for their safety.

"There was some very good people out in the field that day trying to suppress fires etc and in this particular case Mother Nature won but my greatest concern of the lot is people didn't worry or take notice of the warnings that were clearly given," he said.

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